Wells Quotes by Warren Buffett

You don't have to be a genius to invest well

— Warren Buffett

If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.

— Warren Buffett

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

— Warren Buffett

That which is not worth doing at all is not worth doing well.

— Warren Buffett

I know the country works extremely well. You know, but when it isn't clogged up.

— Warren Buffett

You can't buy what is popular and do well.

— Warren Buffett

This economy doesn't work well without the lubrication of credit and trust.

— Warren Buffett

If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.

— Warren Buffett

I think what people understand there probably - well, they were hoping the private sector would do it [rescuing AIG ].

— Warren Buffett

Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You…

— Warren Buffett

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account…

— Warren Buffett

You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.

— Warren Buffett

The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.

— Warren Buffett

If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we…

— Warren Buffett

A newspaper that reduces its coverage of the news important to its community is certain to reduce its readership as well

— Warren Buffett

Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You're going to do well at it.

— Warren Buffett

I'm not worried they're all about the investments we make. I mean, listen, this country - we've got $46,000 or $47,000 of…

— Warren Buffett

Would your reply possibly be this? Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying…

— Warren Buffett

I think you'll have plenty of scrutiny as how the money's invested. I mean, just like the RFC. When the RFC operated,…

— Warren Buffett

Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in…

— Warren Buffett

We are trading away a little bit of our country all the time for this access consumption that we have over what…

— Warren Buffett

We have learned to turn out lots of goods and services, but we haven't learned as well how to have everybody share…

— Warren Buffett

Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained…

— Warren Buffett

Well, I think the biggest mistake is not learning the habits of saving properly early. Because saving is a habit. And then,…

— Warren Buffett

In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses-How to Value a Business, and How to Think about Market Prices.…

— Warren Buffett

Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't…

— Warren Buffett

Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she…

— Warren Buffett

To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact,…

— Warren Buffett

I mean, we'll be pounding on the guy's chest, you know, on the floor, and you know, he's not going to just…

— Warren Buffett

The strategy we've adopted precludes our following standard diversification dogma. Many pundits would therefore say the strategy must be riskier than that…

— Warren Buffett

I have no views as to where it will be, but the one thing I can tell you is it won't do…

— Warren Buffett

The most important thing in terms of your circle of competence is not how large the area of it is, but how…

— Warren Buffett

Investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business and How to Think About Market Prices

— Warren Buffett

Equities will do well over time - you just have to avoid getting excited when other people are getting excited.

— Warren Buffett

We need a tax system that essentially takes very good care of the people who just really aren't as well adapted to…

— Warren Buffett

We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC…

— Warren Buffett

Let only individuals contribute - with sensible limits per election. Otherwise, we are well on our way to ensuring that a government…

— Warren Buffett

It's just that I landed up in a terrific capitalist system. One that pays people who allocate capital extraordinarily well. Intrinsically, I'm…

— Warren Buffett

You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren't, you must recognize your…

— Warren Buffett